Associate / Full Professor in Child Behavioral Health

Department: Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health
Rank: Associate Professor
Annual Basis: 9 Month

Application Deadline

October 21, 2024; position open until filled

Required Application Materials

Complete applications must include:

(1) Cover letter
(2) Curriculum vitae
(3) Three representative publications
(4) Statement of research contributions and future plans
(5) Statement of teaching experience and approach
(6) Statement of personal contributions and/or plans to foster an environment of equity and inclusion for faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to address in their statements how they have pursued and/or plan to pursue the mission and goals of the Ballmer Institute in their work. Contact information for three referees must be submitted as part of the application.

Review of applications will begin by October 21, 2024. Questions can be sent to ballmerinstitute@uoregon.edu

Position Announcement

The Ballmer Institute has an opening for a Full Professor faculty member with a tenure line in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Oregon. Applicants at the advanced associate professor level may be considered. Tenure-track faculty will guide the Institute’s efforts to:
- Develop and deliver the nation’s first undergraduate training program in children’s behavioral health;
- Create evidence-based early behavioral health promotion, prevention, and intervention strategies to children and their families;
-Develop interventions and services designed to reduce disparities in mental health outcomes or access to behavioral health supports; and
- Accelerate the discovery and dissemination of new interventions, technologies, and services informed by the community context where child behavioral health specialists will serve children and families.

Given our mission, candidates for these positions should have a program of research in child behavioral health focused on:
- Development and evaluation of behavioral health promotion, prevention, and intervention practices targeting youth mental health, and/or
- Implementation science methods focused on integrating behavioral health interventions into schools and other community settings, and/or
- Strategies for reducing disparities in mental health outcomes or access to behavioral health services as a function of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, neurodiversity, or disability

Successful candidates will contribute to the research and educational mission and vision of the Ballmer Institute, and the University of Oregon. They will contribute to the undergraduate and graduate programs in child behavioral health at the Ballmer Institute and have opportunities to train doctoral students in the Department of Psychology. Successful candidates will conduct an active, externally funded research program and contribute to science through professional publications and presentations; engage with community partners through the Ballmer Institute; contribute to department, college, and university governance in a manner consistent with the needs of an AAU research university; and contribute to emerging continuing education and distributed learning activities. The successful candidate will support and enhance a diverse learning and working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from scholars who are from groups historically underrepresented in the academy, and/or who have experience working with youths from historically and persistently underserved communities.

All positions will be located within the Ballmer Institute at the new University of Oregon campus in Northeast Portland.

Department or Program Summary

The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health at the University of Oregon establishes a new national model for behavioral healthcare for children and families by creating the nation’s first undergraduate program in child behavioral health.   

The Institute prioritizes the needs of youth who have been historically or persistently underserved and seeks to make real system change by:  
- Creating a new mental health profession that addresses existing barriers and gaps in mental health services, especially for underserved and marginalized communities
- Delivering supports in schools and the community  
- Training existing youth-serving professionals  
- Developing new approaches to support child behavioral health  
- Transforming the Pacific Northwest into a national model of thought and action in children’s behavioral health  

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